From a tactical point of view, there are too many complaints in this film: many Soviet soldiers focused on the window to shoot, the German soldiers did not know how to use the bunkers to crawl forward, and the Soviets directly charged in the long distance instead of using the bunkers to counter the Germans. The German army did not effectively play the role of grenades and flamethrowers. Before entering the unfamiliar building, no grenades were thrown. The tank encountered anti-tank guns instead of using machine guns but tank guns to counterattack. The German infantry in coordination with the Soviet anti-tank approached the tank. Without any notice, the Soviets did not focus their firepower on destroying the German searchlights and machine gun positions during the breakout process, and so on. Both sides seem too amateurish. If either of the Soviet and German forces were as tactical as in the movie, the battle would not be so long and cruel.
War films are about the cruelty of war and the strong will of soldiers rather than tactics, just as martial arts films are about chivalry rather than martial arts.
From this perspective, the film is a success.
The Soviet soldiers shouted "Ula!" with pistols, bayonets and engineer shovel to fight with the Germans. The Soviet political commissar organized the battle to the end and was captured and shot by the Germans. The Soviet major fought to exhaustion and shook hands with every soldier to encourage them to persevere. Stay alive; the Soviet captain's machine gun bullet was wiped out by the German army with a grenade; the chubby political and industrial officer in charge of reviewing the major stood by the entrance to the fort, and finally died with the German army in hand-to-hand combat. Those who were unfortunately captured worked hard to survive until they were killed by the Germans.
The strong will of the Soviet army infects every audience.
The Soviet army is good at defending, this is a tradition handed down in the Tsarist era. Almost all of the cruelest offensive and defensive battles in World War II took place in the Soviet Union, except for the Battle of Berlin. I don’t know if anyone will take a picture of the offensive and defensive war in Sevastopol. The cruelty far exceeds the Brest Fortress.
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